YETİŞKİN BİREYLERİN EVLENME BOŞANMA DÖNGÜSÜ SÜRECİNDE YARI KARDEŞLİĞİN İNŞASI

Abstract

In this study, the focus is on the half-siblings relationship formed with the children they have from the marriages of single-parent individuals who have experienced the cycle of remarriage and divorce. In the study, the reasons for having children in the next marriages of single parents and the sibling relationships of half-siblings from the perspective of the parents were discussed. The study is a field research conducted by choosing a qualitative research method for the phenomenon of half-siblings built in line with the marriage-divorce cycle. The universe was reached by snowball-chain sampling within the non-random-purpose sampling. Data were collected using semi-structured interview form, observation and document-document review. The data obtained in the interviews were handled with the descriptive analysis technique and the themes and sub-categories related to the themes were interpreted by forming the data obtained. In the conceptual part of the study, with reference to the existing literature; The marriage divorce cycle and the construction of half-siblings are discussed. In the research findings, it was understood that the idea that the presence of a common child strengthens the marriage is dominant in the step-family structures re-established by the individuals who have experienced the marriage-divorce cycle. After the disintegration of the step-family, the effect of sharing a common residence has been determined to strengthen the fraternal relations of half-siblings.